Great Britain: The Taxicab Majority

The election was a squeakerand the government it produced would have
to hang on for dear life. Labor won the election, but it did not win
the country, and it only barely won control of the House of Commons.
The outcome almost too neatly balanced growing dissatisfaction and
boredom with the Tories against lingering distrust of the socialists.

All through election night, Labor's jubilation mounted as its margin
seemed to rise. When counting ended for the night, Harold Wilson's
party was 67 seats ahead. But next day, as the delayed rural results...